Central Africa Programs Fall Intern

Position Title: Central Africa Programs Fall Intern

Part-time: 10 hours per week

Temporary 3 months

Grade: Internship

Supervisor: Central AfricaProgram Coordinator

Home Post: Washington, DC Headquarters Office (Currently Remote)

About Invisible Children:

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Invisible Children is an international non-profit organization working to end violence conflict and foster thriving ecosystems in solidarity with our world’s most at-risk communities. We partner with local visionaries and peacebuilders in volatile conflict zones to build community-led initiatives and drive global policy change to end violent conflict and ensure communities, and the environments on which they depend, have the safety they deserve.

When Invisible Children was founded in 2004, our primary aim was to hasten an end to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) crisis in central Africa and support the lasting recovery of communities in the region targeted by the LRA. Our comprehensive approach to the LRA crisis has integrated every level of intervention, from direct partnerships with local civil society and communities to advocacy campaigns targeting international policymakers.

Over the last 16 years, our programs and advocacy have contributed to significant progress in ending the LRA crisis. At the same time, we have continued to refine and adapt our programs to address other drivers of violent conflict in the central Africa region beyond the LRA crisis. In recent years, this has included the exploration of community-based initiatives and conflict analysis to address the intersection of human security and wildlife trafficking in the central Africa region. Currently, Invisible Children is implementing programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR), Sudan, and South Sudan.

Internship Summary:

The Central Africa Programs Fall Intern assists in supporting the day-to-day administrative needs of Invisible Children’s protection and resilience programs from its headquarters (HQ) in Washington, DC, and remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. This position focuses on supporting Invisible Children’s current projects and supporting the search for new funding opportunities. This position includes data entry and data management, administrative, development research, project management support, English French translation, and donor reporting responsibilities. The intern will support HQ in providing guidance and support to field teams in central Africa.

We’re looking for someone who has a strong interest in international development, transitional justice, and/or conflict resolution and analysis sectors. This individual needs to be detail-oriented and proactive, preferably fluent in both French and English, have strong writing skills in English, and strong critical thinking skills. This position will require daily usage of IC’s database to input and analyze data from the field.

The Central Africa Programs Fall Intern will have the opportunity to develop their professional skills, learn the ins and outs of international community-based protection and conflict transformation, and gain an understanding of conflict dynamics in central Africa. The intern will improve their understanding of how monitoring and evaluation data informs programmatic quality and conflict analysis and research. Positivity and a keen sense of responsibility are key for this position. The intern will be asked to carry out a variety of tasks efficiently and to ensure that Invisible Children’s U.S.-based programs staff have the support they need to carry out complex projects.

This Internship will give you the opportunity to learn:

• the best practices of conflict analysis integrity by using the Crisis Tracker Salesforce database to enter, review, and clean conflict-related data.
• how indicator data helps assess the quality and impact of each project by helping the Monitoring and Evaluation team input and analyze data collected from field activities.
• management structures and processes of launching, implementing, and closing a project, including projects on memorialization, transitional justice, resilience building, and atrocity prevention.
• how to assist the department in improving the safety of vulnerable populations in central Africa by assisting the programs team with other administrative and communication needs.
• the skills in donor communication and reporting by supporting reporting processes and responses to donor inquiries.
• how to apply for large grants as a team, including those from the US government.
• Gain experience in professional translation by assisting the programs team and the CEO with the translation of documents, conflict analysis reports, and other key organizational communications when launching new projects.

The ideal candidate is:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work related to this internship. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Interns may be asked to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities as needed, including working with other departments than programs.